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Paired Approach HITL still in progress at MITRE. Initial data report to be available mid - summer. GIM - S demonstration scheduled for the NUT team at the T ech Center the week of May 14. ASDE - X Tech Refresh If the Taxiway alert enhancement is deployed on a national scale, the PMO would need to take control. As of right now, SEA is the only facility scheduled to receive this enhanceme nt. Discussions continue regarding parts obsolescence and what the best path is moving forward in addition to increasing bandwidth capacity as traffic levels increase in the NAS. ASDE3 radar discussions continue as the agency struggles to decide if they should go the tech refresh route, or full replacement route. No decisions have been made at this time. The agency is starting to align ASDE - X with ASSC on the software systems side. Although controllers will not yet have all the same functionalities on b oth systems, it will allow for improved system performance and fine tuning capability which controllers will benefit from. The goal in time is for both systems to be equal on the software and controller capability aspects. ASSC CVG IOC achieved on April 5 . MCI will be the next facility of the team's focus. PIT and PDX participated in planning meetings this month as well. Both facilities are looking forward to the new system. FMA in Fusion The SRMD allowing the combined use of FMA and Fusion reached fi nal approval on November 1, and the Notice allowing the oper ational start is now in place. Facilities that use FMA can now use Fusion on these positions as well. The change in procedure is not anticipated to require additional controller training as these facilities are already trained on both FMA and Fusion. Fusion on the FMA position, like all other positions, requires a thorough understanding of contingency plans should a radar sensor fail. MEARTS Fusion 3nm Fusion in MEARTS is a complex undertaking requiring multiple Tower, Approach, and Enroute sectors to come online with Fusion at the same time. The lessons learned in this undertaking will help the effort with future MEARTS and ERAM sites. ZAN has been on Fusion since August 2015. HCF has been o n Fusion since Aug. 1, 2017. Congratulation to ZUA! The facility transitioned to Fusion on March 26, 2018.